The Security Service has documented the subversive activities of an official of NPC Ukrenergo, who justified Russia's armed aggression. This was reported by the SBU press service.
The defendant is one of the heads of the security department of the state-owned enterprise, who was responsible for the protection of strategically important facilities of the United Energy System of Ukraine.
According to the case file, the official tried to justify the war crimes of the Russia, including air attacks on the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine, in conversations with colleagues and acquaintances.
In addition, according to the investigation, during phone calls to his friends, the defendant "leaked" information about the consequences of missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities.
At the same time, the official praised the Kremlin regime and questioned the existence of the state of Ukraine. Moreover, he personally expressed his desire for the mass murder of Ukrainians.
The SBU cyber specialists gradually documented the criminal actions of the offender and detained him at his place of residence in Kyiv.
The SBU-initiated linguistic examination confirmed the facts of the official's illegal activities in favour of the aggressor country.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office, law enforcement officers detained the suspect at his residence in Kyiv. During the searches, they found correspondence with favourable comments about the Kremlin regime and symbols of the Soviet-era communist totalitarian regime.
Based on the collected evidence, SBU investigators served the detainee a notice of suspicion under Part 3 Art. 436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (justification, recognition as lawful, denial of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine, glorification of its participants committed by an official).
The offender faces up to eight years in prison with confiscation of property.
The investigation is ongoing to establish all the circumstances of the crime, including the unauthorised dissemination of information constituting a state secret.